Social Development Module: Personal, Social And Emotional Development

Module: Personal, social and emotional development

Assessment A – A child study

Name: Aishling Dunne

Student ID: BLUMOCT1621

Introduction

This assignment will focus on the importance of the development of a child personally, socially and emotionally. It will include ideas of theorists and their notions of what Personal, Social and Emotional development is.

The assignment will be based on observations of a child I have chosen from a Preschool environment. I will refer to the child in the assignment as TC (Target Child).

The TC I have chosen is a 4-year-old female. She is a twin and has an older sister. She lives with her mother, father and 2 sisters. The mother describes the TC as being confident, chatty, social, creative and competitive. The religion of the TC is Catholic and is of Irish nationality. Both

It is what happens in our surroundings that introduces us to the idea of existence. For example, when a baby makes a facial expression such a smile and this expression is reciprocated the baby has an understanding that they exist, they have played a part in the adult’s facial expression.

In time we grow to understand that we exist as individuals….

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Social development is where the child is learning how to build relationships, how to behave towards others and what is acceptable behaviour in society. They learn how to express themselves to others, how to use body language and read facial expression.

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Emotional development is the child learning to deal with their emotions and the emotions of others. The child develops an understanding to feelings e.g. why they happen and how to deal with them. the child learns how to understand and experience their emotions. Emotional development lays the ground in social development. It helps the child to have empathy for others and to resolve conflict without physical